Display-box.



H. WDUNPHEE.

DISPLAY BOX.

APFLI'MTION FILED 1111116.. 1913.

Patented Ju1y21, 1914 '1 emrah* sfilare HENRY W. DUNPHEE, F LEOMIN STER,MASSACHUSETTg DISPLAY-nox.

Specication of Letters Patent. Application filed January 6, 1913..Serial No. 740,287.

PatentedJuly 21, 1914.

' specification.

This invention relates to display boxes and has for its object toprovide a box of the ,class specified, simplevin 'construction andeicient in operation.

y With these ends in view myA improvements are illustrated in theirpreferred embodiment in the drawing accompanying this specificationWherein- Figure 1 is ai perspective view showing my unproved display boxin display position.'

Fig.l2 is a perspective view showing the-box cover with the advertisingdisplay box body supporting member folded-into said cover for placing.over the box body containing merchandise.

ready -My improvements pertain to .the Well known cardboard box ofcommerce including a body 2 and cover 3. Hinged. yby hinge member 6Within said .cover 3 and near one edge as 9. thereof is advertisingdisplay member 4, which may be provided in its up '30 er portion withsome fanciful design as 5. Iaid display member preferably hassubstantially'the-,same Width as the length of the cover edge as 9 nearwhich it is hinged. v Said display member may also be providedwith oneor 'more supporting members?, S

'hinged to said ydisplay/member on axes respectively normal to the axisof the hinge 'portion of hingemeinber 6. Said support- .,mg membersarepreferirbly integral With said display member 4 and are cut.thererom, so that when said supporting members as 7, 8 are foldedK down(Fig.-2) for packing they will fold into conformity with said displaymember. Said supporting members are so positioned insaid'dlsplay memberthat .when that display member is extended (Figi '1) and the box bodylis 1n display position, that end of box body 2 resting onv saidsupporting members will be elevated higher than the opposite end of thatbox body rest-` ing in thebox cover. Also said advertising displayvmember is preferably of such height.

relatively tothe position of sup ortlng .ain'enibersjb' therein, 'that asubstantial portion of said advertising display member 4 will projectabove or beyond thebox body 2.

I claim: l. A display box including in combination a box body, a cover,an advertising display member hingedivithin said cover and near one edgethereof, anda supporting member able on an axis normal to the axis ofthe hinge joining said display member and box cover, into and out ofconformity With said display member.

3. A display box including in combination a box body, a cover, anadvertising display member hinged Within said cover, near one edgethereof, said display member having a Width `substantially the same asthe length of the edge of the box cover near which it hinged, anda suport-ing member for one end of said box bo y hinged to said displaymember on an axis normal to the axis ot the hinge joining said displaymember and box cover.

4. A display boxlincluding in cc ``'ibination a box body, a cover, anadvertising display member hinged Within said cover and near one edgethereof, and a supporting member for one end of said box body hinged tosaid display member on an axis normal to the axis of the hing'e joiningsaid display member and box cover, said display member extendingupwardly beyond said box body When that body is in display position,supp'orted on saidv display member supporting means.

5. A display box including in combination a box body, a cover, anadvertising displayy member hinged Within said cover, near one Widthsubstantially the. same as the length of the edge of 'the box cover,near which it is hinged, and a supportingmember for one end of said boxbody formedfintegral With said display member and foldable on an axis'normal the axis of the .hingejoinin'g said disply member and box'cover,into and out. Worcester and State .of Massaehuetts, this of conformitywith seid display member, 3rd day of January, 1913, before twe subseiddiqple member extendmg upwardly serbng Witnesses. beyond sai box'bodywhen that body is in I `HENRY W. DUNPHEE.

'display position, supported on said display Witnesses: membersupporting means. l HARRIET S. HUME,

'Signed et Leominster, in the County of HENRY R. BADSTBNER.

